Category Archives: Herbs That Relieve Food Stagnation

The herbs in this category will reduce, dissolve or guide out stagnated food in the middle burner and digestive tract. Food and other accumulations represents themselves as abdominal masses, abdominal distention with possible abdominal pain. There are both hot type and cold type of stagnation. Hot type of stagnation will have halitosis and a distended abdomen aggravated by heat. Cold type stagnation will not have halitosis and the abdominal pain will be relieved or ameliorated by heat.

Shan Zha

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Properties: SWEET, SOUR  – WARM                                                                    Dosage: 9 – 15g.

Hawthorn Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH

Fruit -reduces & guides out food stagnation

-transforms blood stasis – dissipates clumps

-hypertension

Mai Ya

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Properties: SWEET  – NEUTRAL                                                                           Dosage: 6 – 15g.

Barley Sprout Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH

Malt -reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach

-inhibit lactation (30g raw + 30g cooked = 60g decoction)

-regulates liver Qi

Gu Ya

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Properties: SWEET  – NEUTRAL                                                                           Dosage: 9 – 15g.

Rice Sprout Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH

-reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach

-stagnation caused by starchy food

 

Shen Qu

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Properties: SWEET, PUNGENT  – WARM                                                              Dosage: 6 – 15g.

Medicated Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH

Leaven -reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach

-aids in mineral digestion and absorption

-excess alcohol / wheat ingestion causing stagnation

 

Lai Fu Zi

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Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET  – NEUTRAL                                                          Dosage: 6 – 12g.

Radish/Turnip Meridian: LUNG, SPLEEN, STOMACH

Seeds -reduce food stagnation, transform accumulations (raw)

-caused lung Qi to descend, cough with damp phlegm (dry-fried)

Ji Nei Jin

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Properties: SWEET  – NEUTRAL                                                                           Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Chicken Gizzard Meridian: BLADDER, SMALL INTESTINE, SPLEEN, STOMACH

(stomach lining) -strongly reduce food stagnation, improves spleen transport

-Malnutrition in children

-secures kidney essence, stop enuresis

-transform hardness – gallbladder/bladder/kidney STONES